[Hamara-devel] kolab, sogo and roundcube

[Vikas Tara]

On 11/05/15 21:48, shirish wrote:
> Hi all,
> I don't know how much people know about kolab. It is a groupware 
> server. See http://kolab.org/
>
> While there are some parts of the groupware server in the Debian archive.
>
> $] aptitude search kolab [1:35:51]
> p fusiondirectory-plugin-kolab                                    - 
> kolab plugin for FusionDirectory
> p fusiondirectory-plugin-kolab-schema                             - 
> LDAP schema for FusionDirectory kolab plugin
> p gosa-plugin-kolab                                               - 
> kolab plugin for GOsa²
> p gosa-plugin-kolab-schema                                        - 
> LDAP schema for GOsa² kolab plugin
> p kolabadmin                                                      - 
> Kolab administration tool
> p libkolab-dev                                                    - 
> Development package for Kolab library
> i libkolab0                                                       - 
> Maps KDE containers to Kolab formats
> p libkolabxml-dev                                                 - 
> Development files for libkolabxml
> i libkolabxml1                                                    - 
> Kolab XML format (shared library)
> p php-horde-kolab-format                                          - A 
> package for reading/writing Kolab data formats
> p php-horde-kolab-server                                          - A 
> package for manipulating the Kolab user database
> p php-horde-kolab-session                                         - A 
> package managing an active Kolab session
> p php-horde-kolab-storage                                         - A 
> package for handling Kolab data stored on an IMAP server
> p php-kolab                                                       - 
> PHP bindings for Kolab Library
> p php-kolabformat                                                 - 
> PHP bindings for Kolab Format 3.0 XML parsing
> p python-kolab                                                    - 
> Python bindings for Kolab Library
> p python-kolabformat                                              - 
> Python bindings for Kolab Format 3.0 XML parsing
>
>
> also see https://docs.kolab.org/installation-guide/debian.html
>
> There is still much left to do as can be seen at
>
> https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-kolab-devel/
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/GroupwareMeeting2015-04-24to26
>
> and https://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Debian_-_Developers_-_Patches
>
> It will be good if we are able to integrate kolab natively.
Agree - would be a good initiative.

>
> The other one sogo mentioned therein can be seen at http://www.sogo.nu/
>
> see
>
> [$] apt-cache policy sogo
> sogo:
>   Installed: (none)
>   Candidate: 2.2.9+git20141017-1
>   Version table:
>      2.2.17a-1 0
>           1 http://httpredir.debian.org//debian/ testing/main amd64 
> Packages
>           1 http://httpredir.debian.org//debian/ unstable/main amd64 
> Packages
>      2.2.9+git20141017-1 0
>         500 http://httpredir.debian.org//debian/ jessie/main amd64 
> Packages
>
We use sogo extensively - I much prefer it to Kolab which I have looked 
at in the past.

It integrates well with both linux and windows clients. It's an almost 
drop in replacement for exchange.

I would favour supporting sogo in hamara above Kolab.
>
> And lastly, see roundcube. http://www.roundcube.net/ as well as the 
> fund-raiser for the newer version 
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/roundcube-next--2

I think we are using this for our webmail atm. Does the job. Doesn't 
seem to be packaged for debian though.
>
> Look forward to feedback on all above.
Will need a dev to work on it :)



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